Welcome to Humans in the Hot Seat, a spinoff series of Humans of Travel. This is Emma Weissmann, Executive Editor at TravelAge West, and your host.

Over the coming weeks, we will be interviewing the finalists of the TravelAge West Trendsetter Awards, which were created to acknowledge the work of exceptional travel advisors. This year, TravelAge West honored travel advisors in five categories, and named a winner and a runner-up and each category.

Today, you’ll hear from the seventh travel advisor in this series: Ann DeMers, the winner in the category of Saving the Day. After booking a family vacation on a Disney cruise, Ann got a call from the family saying they had arrived at their hotel in Cocoa Beach the night before the cruise, but they realized they left all of their legal travel documents at their home. Ann saved the day by booking herself on a nonstop flight first thing that Sunday morning from Rochester, New York, rented a car at the Orlando airport, drove to Port Canaveral, and hand-delivered the documents to the customer before their cruise. I hope you enjoy hearing Ann's story.

This episode was sponsored by AmaWaterways.

Ann's Trendsetter award was sponsored by Travel Insured International.

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Email Ann: ann@besttravelpartners.com

Dream Vacations/Best Travel Partners

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Emma Weissmann is the Executive Editor of TravelAge West, a print magazine and website for travel advisors based in the Western U.S. She is also the co-host of Trade Secrets, a podcast created with sister publication Travel Weekly. 

TravelAge West also produces national trade publications Explorer and Family Getaways, as well as events including the Future Leaders in Travel Retreat, Global Travel Marketplace West, the WAVE Awards gala and the Napa Valley Leadership Forum. 

ABOUT THE SHOW

TravelAge West’s podcast, “Humans of Travel,” features conversations with exceptional people who have compelling stories to tell. Listeners will hear from the travel industry’s notable authorities, high-profile executives, travel advisors and rising stars as they share the highs and lows that make them human.

Welcome to Humans in the Hot Seat, a spinoff series of Humans of Travel. This is Emma Weissmann, Executive Editor at TravelAge West, and your host.
Over the coming weeks, we will be interviewing the finalists of the <a href="https://www.travelagewest.com/wave-awards/trendsetters">TravelAge West Trendsetter Awards</a>, which were created to acknowledge the work of exceptional travel advisors. This year, TravelAge West honored travel advisors in five categories, and named a winner and a runner-up and each category.
Today, you’ll hear from the seventh travel advisor in this series: Ann DeMers, the winner in the category of Saving the Day. After booking a family vacation on a Disney cruise, Ann got a call from the family saying they had arrived at their hotel in Cocoa Beach the night before the cruise, but they realized they left all of their legal travel documents at their home. Ann saved the day by booking herself on a nonstop flight first thing that Sunday morning from Rochester, New York, rented a car at the Orlando airport, drove to Port Canaveral, and hand-delivered the documents to the customer before their cruise. I hope you enjoy hearing Ann's story.
This episode was sponsored by <a href="http://www.amawaterways.com">AmaWaterways</a>.
Ann's Trendsetter award was sponsored by <a href="https://www.travelinsured.com/">Travel Insured International</a>.
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RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Email Ann: <a href="mailto:ann@besttravelpartners.com">ann@besttravelpartners.com</a>
<a href="https://smccafferty.dreamvacations.com/travel/HomePage.html">Dream Vacations/Best Travel Partners</a>
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ABOUT YOUR HOST 
Emma Weissmann is the Executive Editor of TravelAge West, a print magazine and website for travel advisors based in the Western U.S. She is also the co-host of Trade Secrets, a podcast created with sister publication Travel Weekly.  TravelAge West also produces national trade publications Explorer and Family Getaways, as well as events including the Future Leaders in Travel Retreat, Global Travel Marketplace West, the WAVE Awards gala and the Napa Valley Leadership Forum. 
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ABOUT THE SHOW 
TravelAge West’s podcast, “Humans of Travel,” features conversations with exceptional people who have compelling stories to tell. Listeners will hear from the travel industry’s notable authorities, high-profile executives, travel advisors and rising stars as they share the highs and lows that make them human.

TravelAge West’s podcast, “Humans of Travel,” features conversations with exceptional people who have compelling stories to tell. Listeners will hear from the travel industry’s notable authorities, high-profile executives, travel advisors and rising stars as they share the experiences — the highs and the lows — that make them human.

TravelAge West’s podcast, “Humans of Travel,” features conversations with exceptional people who have compelling stories to tell. Listeners will hear from the travel industry’s notable authorities, high-profile executives, travel advisors and rising stars as they share the experiences — the highs and the lows — that make them human.

Humans of Travel

TravelAge West&rsquo;s podcast, &ldquo;Humans of Travel,&rdquo; features conversations with exceptional people who have compelling stories to tell. Listeners will hear from the travel industry&rsquo;s notable authorities, high-profile executives, travel advisors and rising stars as they share the experiences &mdash; the highs and the lows &mdash; that make them human.

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